Railroad diaphragm-face-plate-supporting means.



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RAILROAD DIAPHRAGM FACE PLATE SUPPORTING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4. 1914.

1 152,03. Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

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To all whom it may concern and useful Improvement in Railroad Diaphragm-Face-Plate-Supporting .Means, of which the following is a full,clear,-conc1se, and exact description, refereneebeing had to the accompanying "drawings forming a part of this specification.

including bufier stems, in railroad passenger cars.

The invention hereinafter described is an improvement upon the invention disclosed in the patent to me issued August 12, 1913, as Number 1,070,05l. g

The object of my invention is, to provide an eflicient means for supporting face plates and parts connected therewith in railroad cars.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is an end vlew of a car body of the type having an end vestibule, and showing the supporting members constituting my invention in position. Fig. 2 is a partial cross section taken on line Fig. 3 is a partial vertical longitudinal section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail illustrating in end view one of the upper brackets.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 5 indicates a car body, 6 the vestibule thereof, 7 the roof, of which the upper deck is indicated by the numeral 8, and the lower deck by the numeral 9. The hood at the end of the upper deck is indicated by the numeral 10. Surrounding the end opening 11 of the vestibule is mounted a diaphragm face plate 12, the lower ends thereof being secured to the face plate 13, and thefaee plate 13 having connected thereto the buffer side stems 14-44. and the main stem 15. The diaphragm cover 17 is secured between the car ,body and the diaphragm face plate. The means for supporting the face plate comprises a plurality of rods l818, preferably two in number, one mounted at either side of the diaphragm face plate, each being connected at its upper end to a bracket 19 secured to the car body by suitable means, preferably the rivets 2020, and at its lower Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 31, 1915, Application filed May 4, is a. Serial I\T o. $36,160. 7 i

bracketlt) is provided with a track23 upon which a wheel 24; connected to the upper.

endof each rod 18 is adapted to run. I The said track formed preferably by the lower inner .face era tube-like member 25 forming a part of the bracket 19, havinga longitudinal slot26 along its lower side, and

. through which the upper end of the rod 18 t inventionrelatcs to improvements in means for supporting, face plates and;-parts attached thereto and connected therewith,

is adapted. to move, back and forth, the wheel 2at-preferably being in two sections 2727, one at either side of the upper end of the rod 18, the said wheels being joined by means of a pin or rivet 28 passing through said wheels and the upper end of the rod 18, the said wheelsoperating on the track 23 formed at either side of the slot 26. Displacement of the wheels from their position on the bracket 19 is prevented by the shoulder 29 with which the outer end of the tubelike member 25 is provided. Each lower bracket 21 is provided with a vertical opening 30 for the passage of the lower end of the rod 18, each rodbeing provided with ran sTATES E XTOE the nuts 3l3l between which and the 0 lower bracket 21 is seated a spring 32.

On forward movement of the diaphragm face plate, the rod 18 may travel forwardly therewith, the wheel 011 th'e upper end there of moving forwardly in the bracket 19.

On rearward movement the wheel may move rearwardly within the upper bracket.

I claim a 1. In a railroad car, in combination, a car body, a face plate at the end thereof, and means for supporting saidface plate, said means comprising rods extending in an up and down direction and having one end of each rool secured to said face plate and the otherend of each rod slidably connected to the car body and arranged to move back and forth horizontally relatively to said 7 car body.

and yielding connections between the lower ends of each of said rods and the face plate.

4:. In a railroad car, in combination, a car body, a face plate, rods, brackets and wheels, each rod being connected at one end to the face plate, the brackets being rigidly connected to the car body and extending lengthwise of .thebody, each rod having a wheel at its upper end engaging the bracket and slidable back and forth toward and from the car. y p

5. In a railroad car, in combination, a

car body, a face plate, and means for supporting the same, said means comprising rods connected to the face plate, and brackets, each of said brackets having a tube, the rods being provided at their upper end with wheels, the said wheels operating in said tubes. 7

6. In a railroad car, in combination, a car body, face plate, rods connected to the face plate, brackets and wheels, each bracket having a tube to receive a Wheel, each tube being provided with a slot for the passage of one of the rods, a wheel being mounted on each rod within the tube.

\VILLIAM H. MINER lVitnesses CARRIE G. RANZ, ARLINE R. ARNOLD.

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